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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book, Edie: An American Biography who helps to tell the story of the Sedgwick ancestors?
(a) Sedgwick family members.
(b) College professors.
(c) The media.
(d) 1960s historians.

2. When did the Sedgwicks permanently move to California?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1942.

3. Who encouraged Francis Sedgwick to develop his artistic side?
(a) His wife.
(b) His co-workers.
(c) His Harvard professors.
(d) His parents.

4. What is Silver Hill?
(a) A boarding school.
(b) Edie's hometown.
(c) A psychiatric hospital.
(d) The Sedgwick's family home.

5. What did the Groton school decide to do which made Francis go berserk?
(a) Tear down a wing which Francis had funded.
(b) Have shorter school years.
(c) Admit black students.
(d) Raise the tuition prices.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what position must Sedgwicks be buried around Theodore Sedgwick?

2. In the 1930s, the Sedgwicks divided their time between Long Island and which place?

3. The Sedgwick children believed that their father, Francis, carried shame for not entering which occupation?

4. Who was Edie Sedgwick named after?

5. Which of the following was a sign that life had changed for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third home in California?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did life change for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third ranch, Rancho la Laguna de San Francisco?

2. How did Francis Sedgwick develop an interest in art?

3. Describe "Bobbo" Sedgwick.

4. What does the author tell us about Edie's father, Francis Minturn Sedgwick?

5. What conversation does Saucie recall having with Edie in 1960 after she had left St. Timothy's?

6. What is said about Francis's desire to be a father?

7. How did Edie behave at St. Timothy's school?

8. What troubles did Edie's brother Minty have in his short life?

9. How did the Sedgwick-Minturn legacy begin?

10. How many siblings did Edie Sedgwick have?

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